Mortgage rates registered a scant increase in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.66% as of Aug. 27, inching up from last week when it averaged 6.65%. A year ago at this time, it...
There are some lessons the mortgage industry learned the hard way. We learned what happens when loans are made without adequately documenting income. We learned what happens when borrowers are qualified into products they do not understand or cannot reasonably afford....
Homebuyer affordability improved in July, with the national median mortgage payment applied for by purchase applicants decreasing to $2,175 from $2,191 in June. According to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), last month’s national median mortgage...
Seven federal agencies have withdrawn a 2022 interagency statement that encouraged creditors to consider Special Purpose Credit Programs, adding another significant change to a fair-lending framework that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau had already revised...
The Federal Home Loan Bank System was created in 1932. I don’t bring up that date because there is anything inherently wrong with a 94-year-old institution. Some of the most important pieces of our housing-finance system have been around for generations. I bring...
HomeServices of America, a division of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A), announced that its subsidiary Prosperity Home Mortgage LLC is adding mortgage servicing to its portfolio of services. Prosperity Home Mortgage is a full-service retail mortgage lender focused...
